Approval for £175m Cumbria coal mine

Thomas Armstrong Construction has kicked off the first phase of a flexible office development at Barrow’s Waterfront Business Park, bringing forward 15,000 sq ft over two blocks.

The contractor is set to sign a £19m deal to deliver the leisure centre in Carlisle, with the project on course to begin in the coming months around 10 years after it was first put forward.

The multi-disciplinary contractor has reported group revenue up by 6% to almost £3bn, with pre-tax profit reaching £81.6m in its full year results.

Carlisle City Council has given the go-ahead to a £19m redevelopment of the Sands Centre paving the way for the project to begin, nearly 10 years after it was first put forward.

Bamber Bridge-based contractor Eric Wright has started work to deliver a 23,000 sq ft extension at Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale.

The long-troubled £10bn Moorside nuclear power project in Cumbria looks in grave danger following the announcement by Toshiba that it is to wind up the project's development vehicle NuGeneration.

Carlisle City Council is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver a retail warehouse at Gateway 44, its industrial development site at Parkhouse Business Park, just off Junction 44 of the M6.

Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has this morning confirmed that the UK Government is to enter a period of negotiations with Hitachi over Wylfa Newydd, the proposed £20bn nuclear power plant on Anglesey.

Work has started on a 55,000 sq ft phase of development at the Kingmoor Park Enterprise Zone near Carlisle.